Howard, Frank: Colour, as a means of art: being an adaptation of the experience of professors to the practice of amateurs (London, 1838)

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CHAPTER III.

SECTION V.

MOONLIGHT.

The light of the moon being white or silvery
grey, the shadows are made comparatively warm
browns. The appearance of moonlight is given
by the colours on the illuminated objects in the
picture, which are made to appear cooler than
they really are, by the contrast with the warm
shadows. By this means much more colour
may be introduced into the light, than is usually